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Audiophiles; How to digitize an old music collection...

YEAH!!!!! I wanna know if it'll work/transfer tunes from a Boom Box. If so, I am there. I've over 100 hrs of music on cassettes from back in the day.
 
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Comes with all interconnection cables, including 30 feet of studio grade RCA audio cable for free!
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Thanks for the post, but I am still looking

 
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you can do the same with a decent soundcard and as for ground loops they are easy to cure. just plug everything into the same outlet or directly ground the equipment to each other yourself 🙂

there is free software that will do all that theirs claims to do.

maybe if you have a notebook this may be better than its built in soundcard but most any desktop will be as good or better. even with a notebook Id rather get a good cardbus soundcard and get more features.
 
Originally posted by: IdaGno
YEAH!!!!! I wanna know if it'll work/transfer tunes from a Boom Box. If so, I am there. I've over 100 hrs of music on cassettes from back in the day.
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you can do that with a regular soundcard via the headphone jack. just set the volume at a low level or use an attenuating patch cord.

better to use the line out of a regular cassette deck though.
 
As long as you are using regular line level signal (boombox) any sound card can do the job, technically speaking.

It is more tricky with turntable, as its output is different electrically. So you can either connect turntable to your sound card thru an amp of the hi-fi or you may need separate pre-amp to bring signal up to a decent level.

There are some sound cards that have special inputs for turntable, like EMU1616 but I guess that is an overkill in this case. So just make sure you have an amp inbetween.

What you may need is software that removes hiss, pops and clicks and splits one recording into tracks when it senses silence inbetween original songs. Recording every single track separately can make you go mad after a while.

(EDIT: deleted this bit on Smart Recorder when I noticed you have Audigy 2 Zs)

Also, have a look here:
http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/05/digitize/index.php
 
Originally posted by: Ghouler

It is more tricky with turntable, as its output is different electrically. So you can either connect turntable to your sound card thru an amp of the hi-fi or you may need separate pre-amp to bring signal up to a decent level.

There are some sound cards that have special inputs for turntable, like EMU1616 but I guess that is an overkill in this case. So just make sure you have an amp inbetween.
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just for some more clarification: for turntables, you just need to make sure the amp complies with the riaa equalization curve that records use.

if an input says "phono" or similar youre good to go. even that rig the OP linked to needs a preamp/amp/reciever to do records.
 
AI have transcribed 100s of tapes to computer then to CDR. All that is needed is a Line Out to Line In connection - stereo amp tp sound card. Can't see any reason to add another gizmo in the chain.

The key is a Line Out port on the stereo amp - they have been there since the 60s. It is a pre-amplified signal - not amplified - used to connect to recording devices such as cassette or reel tape decks.

And just about all sound cards I have used, including on-board ones, have a Line In port for that purpose. Combine that with Sound Forge or similar software and all you need is a patch cable.
 
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